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Definition of Pirns
1. pirn [n] - See also: pirn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pirns
Literary usage of Pirns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1851)
"... 100 or 0 3 a 00 [pirns. 1 iitr« — 1000 or 2 0 3 36 =-2.113 Eng. wine Measures
of Length. \ lini, the 12th part of an inch. ..."
2. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Dr. Hodgson, the imagines bred from a brood of pirns napi from ova laid in May,'1909.
Some emerged in July- August, 1909, but most of the insects did not ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"This rule came on in the Trinity Term following, and, after argument, was Discharged.
(a) On a capias returnable in the Common pirns, the sheriff made his ..."
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